Legal document: JRL SERIES A 460

Legal document JRL SERIES A 460

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JRL SERIES A 460

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Ketubba fragment with an elaborate floral border pattern. Dated [5]5__ AM, thus 1739-1839 CE. Based on the dating the location is likely "[Cairo near] Fustat Miṣrayim on the Nile River" (l.3). The bride's name is lost to damage but her father's is Ḥayyīm (l.5) and the name of the groom is Menahem al-Wārīs "אלואריש". Although the dowry's currency label has been lost, it appears to have been quite large given the remaining words "forty thousand". MCD.

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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
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JRL SERIES A 460 1 / 1 leaf, recto

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1 / 1 leaf, recto

JRL SERIES A 460 1 / 1 leaf, verso

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John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, JRL SERIES A 460. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/28264/ (accessed October 8, 2025).